Lite-On DH-401S can read Sony PS3 game discs!

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We received this tip via e-mail today: Jan70 (an Administrator) of CDFreaks.com has reported that the Lite-On DH-401S drive can read Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) game discs!

Sure, we've been dumping PS3 images since 6 days after the U.S. launch HERE, however, the big difference is that now users won't have to do it through Linux</url> nor via PS3 SAK anymore... providing they own a Lite-On DH-401S drive.

Of course this doesn't mean they are playable on retail PS3 consoles though (like Linux/SAK image dumps, the PS3 sees the media as a data disc instead of a game disc).

VERY nice find Jan70, and below are a few screenshots and a directory layout for Lost Planet!

PS3News you mentioned you bought the Lite On drive, could you test this drive with a USB external enclosure connected to ps3 usb ports (or sata Hdd port), maybe it can show something in the Ps3, maybe not.. but lets try.

How could I? Do you seriously believe the PS3 will recognize the drive in a USB port as the PS3's drive just because it reads PS3 discs, and magically launch games from it as a result?

It's not programmed to do so, therefore it won't natively until unsigned code can be ran and someome creates a program to allow the external drive to be THE drive the PS3 uses to launch games. This is common sense, so no need to 'try' anything.

What we are going to try is comparing extracted files from it such as the EBOOT.BIN to see if the disc-based encryption layer is still present (very likely) as is found with Linux PS3 dumps... will report back on that.

What we are going to try is comparing extracted files from it such as the EBOOT.BIN to see if the disc-based encryption layer is still present (very likely) as is found with Linux PS3 dumps... will report back on that.